Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

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Gerron Diamond, a Google Inc. broadband technician, checks response time after installation on a Nexus 7 tablet device at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Gerron Diamond, a Google Inc. broadband technician, checks response time after installation on a Nexus 7 tablet device at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

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Taylor Kelly, a Google Inc. Fiber Space team member, left, discusses installation plans with customer Anna Rios, center, and her son Jacob Gomez in the showroom of the Fiber Space office in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Taylor Kelly, a Google Inc. Fiber Space team member, left, discusses installation plans with customer Anna Rios, center, and her son Jacob Gomez in the showroom of the Fiber Space office in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

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Tom Fitzgerald, a Google Inc. Fiber Space team member, looks up an installation schedule for a customer in the showroom of the Fiber Space office in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Tom Fitzgerald, a Google Inc. Fiber Space team member, looks up an installation schedule for a customer in the showroom of the Fiber Space office in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

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A Google Inc. Fiber instruction booklet is displayed for a photograph at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A Google Inc. Fiber instruction booklet is displayed for a photograph at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

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A Google Inc. Fiber broadband network installation box sits on a couch at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A Google Inc. Fiber broadband network installation box sits on a couch at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

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Tom Fitzgerald, a Google Inc. Fiber Space team member, demonstrates upload speeds while using Google Earth in the showroom of the Fiber Space office in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Tom Fitzgerald, a Google Inc. Fiber Space team member, demonstrates upload speeds while using Google Earth in the showroom of the Fiber Space office in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

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Google Inc. Fiber signage is displayed outside of the company's office in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Inc. Fiber signage is displayed outside of the company's office in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

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The Google Inc. Fiber rabbit sits on display in the showroom of the Fiber Space office in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Google Inc. Fiber rabbit sits on display in the showroom of the Fiber Space office in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

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Boxes of equipment needed to install Google Fiber broadband network sit on a couch at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Boxes of equipment needed to install Google Fiber broadband network sit on a couch at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

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Google Inc. Fiber signage is displayed outside of the company's office in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Inc. Fiber signage is displayed outside of the company's office in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

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Customer Becki Sherwood checks the Google Inc. Fiber broadband network programming after installation on a Nexus 7 tablet device in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Customer Becki Sherwood checks the Google Inc. Fiber broadband network programming after installation on a Nexus 7 tablet device in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

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Boxes of equipment needed to install Google Fiber broadband network sit on a couch at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. tomorrow when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Boxes of equipment needed to install Google Fiber broadband network sit on a couch at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. tomorrow when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

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Gerron Diamond, a Google Inc. broadband technician, carries boxes of equipment needed to install Google Fiber network at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Gerron Diamond, a Google Inc. broadband technician, carries boxes of equipment needed to install Google Fiber network at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

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Gerron Diamond, a Google Inc. broadband technician, installs Google Fiber network at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. tomorrow when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Gerron Diamond, a Google Inc. broadband technician, installs Google Fiber network at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. tomorrow when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google Begins Installing Ultrafast Broadband Network

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Gerron Diamond, a Google Inc. broadband technician, left, waves while arriving to install Google Fiber network at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. tomorrow when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Gerron Diamond, a Google Inc. broadband technician, left, waves while arriving to install Google Fiber network at the home of customer Becki Sherwood in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Google Inc. will move a step closer to offering the fastest citywide Internet service in the U.S. tomorrow when it picks the first neighborhoods in Kansas City to get hooked into a new fiber-optic network. Photographer: Julie Denesha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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